Hey there, I'm Alex.
I help developers fall in love with their tools through videos, courses, and teaching that actually sticks.
Nine YouTube courses. Over 1.2 million views. 80+ live coding streams.
I'm still convinced the best teaching is clear, fun, and filled with puns.
Featured Work
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Build an Ecommerce Keyboard Website with Three.js, Next.js 15, GSAP, and Prismic
An 8.75-hour course on designing and building Nimbus Keyboards: a Next.js 15 and Prismic ecommerce site featuring a scroll-driven 3D keyboard, a color-customization slice, an interactive switch playground, and a working Stripe checkout.
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Learn Next.js 15, GSAP, Three.js and Prismic to build a 3D skateboard website!
A 9.5-hour course walking through the design, build, and deployment of Suburbia Skateboards: a Next.js 15 marketing site paired with a real-time 3D skateboard customizer in react-three-fiber, with design state synced to the URL for shareable configurations.
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Build a 3D Ecommerce Landing Page with Next.js, GSAP, Three.js and Prismic
A 6-hour course on designing and building Fizzi, a fictional soda brand with a scroll-animated 3D landing page in Next.js 14, featuring a floating Three.js can, synchronized bubble particles, a diving-can hero, and explicit mobile and 3D performance tuning.
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Web Dev Challenge S1E3: Build an e-commerce site... with a twist
I joined Jason Lengstorf's Web Dev Challenge with Sidney Buckner and Shaundai Person. 30 minutes to plan, 4 hours to build an e-commerce site with a twist. I built Nan's Knits.
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Interviewing Svelte's Rich Harris
I interviewed Rich Harris in his Brooklyn apartment and we got into Svelte 5, signals, the evolution of Svelte, and a whole lot more.
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Writing Advice for Developers
Improve your writing as a developer with practical tips, exercises, and resources. Enhance communication, build an audience, and unlock new opportunities.
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The Power of Empathy in Developer Relations
Empathy is an essential skill for developer advocates to understand and share the feelings of developers and build strong, trusting relationships.
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Starting Strong in Developer Relations
How to start your Dev Rel career off right.
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CodePen Radio #370: Alex Trost
I sat down with Chris Coyier to talk about Frontend Horse, building community, Twitch streaming, the joys of CodePens, and lots more!